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Mothers and Sons
Colm Toibin
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Description for Mothers and Sons
Paperback.
A stunning collection of nine stories that teases out the delicate and difficult strands woven between mothers and sons.
'Beautifully captured moments of longing and loss' The Guardian
'Truly remarkable' Richard Ford
Mothers and Sons is a sensitive meditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental of relationships. Psychologically intricate and emotionally incisive, each story focuses on a moment in which an unspoken balance shifts; in which a mother or son do battle, or experience a sudden crisis, thus leaving their conception of who they are subtly or seriously altered.
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Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781035029525
SKU
9781035029525
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Colm Toibin
Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of several novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024.
Reviews for Mothers and Sons
Colm Tóibín is a writer of extraordinary emotional clarity. Each of the nine stories is a snapshot of a point of crisis . . . Tóibín perfectly understands the instantaneous nature of the ideal short story; the sense that the pen is going straight into a major vein. These are beautiful stories, beautifully crafted.
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